{"title":"RB-79 Ball","description":"\u003cp\u003eRB-79 Ball is the Earth Federation's mobile pod from \u003cem\u003eMobile Suit Gundam\u003c\/em\u003e (1979, U.C. 0079), and not a mobile suit in the usual sense. It began as the civilian SP-W03 space pod, refitted with armour, a cannon and extra thrusters once the war showed how badly the Federation needed mobile weapons. About 1,200 pods were converted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat it does in the story\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBalls rolled out from June U.C. 0079, before the GM was ready, and went to the front as soon as they were built. Operation Star-One committed over a thousand of them alongside Salamis and Magellan class ships, and the losses there fixed the nickname Mobile Coffin on the type. Hayato Kobayashi is among the Federation pilots seen flying one, and the type stayed in the line as fire support through Solomon and A Baoa Qu.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat makes it different\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe hull is a work pod with a gun bolted on.\u003c\/strong\u003e\nThe RB-79 is a militarised SP-W03: heavier armour, a 180mm low-recoil cannon on top, and extra thrusters on the shell. The round hull and the large front window come straight from the civilian pod, which is why it reads as equipment rather than as a weapon.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIts thrusters fire in discrete charges.\u003c\/strong\u003e\nInstead of the liquid-fuel directional thrusters a mobile suit uses, the Ball fires directed solid-fuel charges. Each detonation delivers one impulse and shifts the pod's heading, which gives quick reaction per burst but cannot be sustained.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt runs without a thermonuclear reactor.\u003c\/strong\u003e\nA fuel cell drives the Ball, so it can operate from ships with no mobile suit cooling facilities. The thruster banks and gun magazines are modular as well: a depot bolts on a loaded bank or magazine in place of a spent one, which makes turnaround short next to a GM's.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt is small, cheap and awkward to hit.\u003c\/strong\u003e\nThe pod is shorter than a GM and carries a 4,000 m sensor range. Its listed acceleration is higher than the Zaku II's, the Rick Dom's and the RX-78-2's, and one Ball cost about a quarter of a GM.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow big is it?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOverall height: 12.8 m according to Bandai's official spec\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1\/144: roughly 8.9 cm, which covers the HGUC releases\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1\/100: roughly 12.8 cm, which covers the Master Grade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy buy from P-Rex Hobby\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eP-Rex Hobby is a \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/vendors\"\u003eBandai Recommended Hobby Store\u003c\/a\u003e with 20,000+ customers served and \u003cspan data-prex-live=\"five-star-reviews\"\u003e1,800+\u003c\/span\u003e five-star reviews. US orders ship duties prepaid with no import fees, and Route Package Protection is available at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFrequently asked questions\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding:16px 0 4px;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;line-height:1.35;\"\u003e1. Is the Ball a mobile suit?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin:0;padding-left:16px;border-left:2px solid #e6e6e6;color:#444;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBandai files it as a mobile pod under its own RB model number, not the RGM series used for Federation mobile suits. With no legs and one fixed cannon, it works beside mobile suits rather than in their place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding:16px 0 4px;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;line-height:1.35;\"\u003e2. Why was the Ball called the Mobile Coffin?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin:0;padding-left:16px;border-left:2px solid #e6e6e6;color:#444;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFederation pilots coined the name around Operation Star-One, when more than a thousand were committed and large numbers were destroyed. The thin armour and the small ammunition load are the reasons usually given.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding:16px 0 4px;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;line-height:1.35;\"\u003e3. How many Balls did the Federation convert?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin:0;padding-left:16px;border-left:2px solid #e6e6e6;color:#444;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout 1,200 SP-W03 pods were refitted into RB-79s, and over a thousand took part in Operation Star-One alone. The type was still flying at Solomon and A Baoa Qu later in the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding:16px 0 4px;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;line-height:1.35;\"\u003e4. Which Ball kits exist?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin:0;padding-left:16px;border-left:2px solid #e6e6e6;color:#444;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1\/144 there is the HGUC Ball Twin Set from 2010, plus a P-Bandai set pairing the RB-79 with the RB-79K. In 1\/100 there is the Master Grade Ver. Ka from 2004 and a Shark Mouth release from 2006.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-top:18px;font-size:13px;color:#6b7280;\"\u003eBackground sources: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gundam.fandom.com\/wiki\/RB-79_Ball\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eRB-79 Ball — Gundam Wiki\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ja.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB_(%E3%82%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%A0%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA)\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eボール（ガンダムシリーズ）（日本語版 Wikipedia）\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"bandai-114-rb-79-ball-twin-set-1-144-bandai-hguc","title":"HGUC 1\/144 #114 Ball Twin Set","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHGUC 1\/144 #114 RB-79 Ball Twin Set\u003c\/strong\u003e is a High Grade Universal Century 1\/144 scale kit that builds two RB-79 Ball units.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe set lets modelers build two of the spherical RB-79 Ball machines from the Universal Century timeline.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eKey Features\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilds two RB-79 Ball units\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1\/144 scale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHGUC line, number 114\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"BANDAI HOBBY","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42159897346228,"sku":"5058004","price":24.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/4712\/4404\/files\/dad9db6e-c6b7-11ef-83ee-7e285eba25d3.png?v=1735567871"},{"product_id":"bandai-mg-1-100-ball-ver-ka","title":"MG RGB-79 Ball Ver. 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